Penn State's Ed Ruth win team's Outstanding Wrestler award

Ed Ruth might not have had his arm raised at Sunday's team banquet but he was named Penn State's Outstanding Wrestler for the recently completed season. (AP Photo)

Penn State wrestler Ed Ruth, a two-time NCAA champion from Susquehanna Twp., was named the team's outstanding wrestler at the Penn State wrestling banquet on Sunday.

Ruth is 102-2 in his Penn State career with two gold medals and one bronze. He'll take a 68-match win streak into his senior season next year. He also has 35 falls.

Quentin Wright won the team's leadership award. The two-time NCAA champ completed his career with a 116-23 record and four All-America certificates; he is just the sixth Penn State wrestler ever to earn All-America status four times.

David Taylor, a one-time NCAA champ and two-time runner-up, won four awards for most pins, most bonus points scored and most takedowns as well as an academic excellence award.

Two-time NCAA runner-up Nico Megaludis won the Second Year Wrestlers Academic Excellence Award.

Jordan Conaway (133 pounds), a redshirt freshman from New Oxford who was one victory away from earning All-America status, won the team's Most Improved Wrestler award.

James English (149) of Central York announced that he will use a sixth year of eligibility as granted by the NCAA and return next season. He won the team's Community Service award and Fifth Year Wrestler Academic Excellence (3.44 GPA).